Wednesday, October 15, 2008

The owners of this stunning new home lost everything - their house & all their possessions when Hurricane Katrina hit their Gulf Coast town in 2005. They decided to relocate further up the East Coast & build on a block overlooking Chesapeake Bay.

The design is a 'simple' cottage with clean lines & a high-pitched gable roof, & the front of the house is almost entirely glass. Its crowning feature is a three-level folly - a glass tower accessed by a bridge from the master suite & the second and third stories of the folly connect to each other via a handcrafted ship’s ladder. A fabulous idea, but I think my ladder clamouring days might just about be over! However, I think MOTH would be in his nautical element here & would be escaping to the highest level at any opportunity! I also love the triple-hung windows idea (as shown in the 2nd photo). They are set into the folly’s walls & can be opened to take advantage of evening breezes.

In the brief to their architect, the owners asked for a simple house with lots of air & light passing through the space. I think this has been achieved in the most fantastic way!

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Life in the little village of Stirling in the hills above Adelaide in South Australia is just about as good as it gets! Enjoying a cool climate and 'hill-station' feel, Stirling is well-known for its 19th-century stone villas set on large grounds dense with roses, camellias, rhododendrons and huge old Oaks.

With 3 sons, 2 grandchildren & my work in a scientific business dominated by yes, more men, The Laurel Hedge was born out of my sheer desperation for something the boys just don't get & never will!

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'No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it all too seriously.'

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Mission Unbrown!

15 years of renovating was over - we'd just completed everything & were really enjoying our lovely old Victorian villa in the Eastern suburbs of Adelaide. However we'd always had a fondness for the country life & without warning we found ourselves transported by alien beings disguised as Real Estate Agents to a house on 1/2 acre of wild, rambling gardens in Stirling!

The house is circa 1972 & with all the 70's features. Open-faced brown brick walls, raked ceilings, exposed beams, split levels - totally yuk! However, it's inherent design is great & the location amazing - tucked behind a wonderful old laurel hedge in a quiet country lane in the heart of gorgeous Stirling.